Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce serum uric acid levels. We investigated the effect of canagliflozin compared to placebo on gout in the CANagliflozin cardioVascular Assessment Study (CANVAS) Program. The CANVAS Program randomly assigned 10,142 participants with type 2 diabetes to canagliflozin or placebo. Adverse events and serious adverse events attributed to gout, hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria were identified and the effects of canagliflozin compared to placebo were estimated by calculating the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Mean serum urate levels at baseline were 348.2 (standard deviation 94.3) µmol/L in the canagliflozin group and 349.8 (97.1) µmol/L in the placebo group. Serum urate levels were 23.2 µmol/L (95% CI: -25.6 to -20.9) lower in the canagliflozin versus placebo group at 6 to 13 weeks after randomization and on average were 23.3 µmol/L (95% CI: -25.4 to -21.3) lower during follow-up. There were 80 individuals who reported gout and 76 who reported hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria during follow-up. The HR for gout was 0.64 (95% CI: 0.41 to 0.99) in those treated with canagliflozin compared to placebo. The corresponding HR for hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria was 0.57 (95% CI: 0.36 to 0.90) and the HR for a gout, hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria event was 0.62 (95% CI: 0.45 to 0.85). Canagliflozin reduced serum urate levels and the risk of adverse events attributed to gout.
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